[Zope-dev] Create directory in LocalFS

[Garry Steedman]

when you're inside a LocalFS "folder", you can add a directory by 
simply adding a "folder", but obviously you need the permissions to 
create a directory in the FS (i.e. the Zope/Apache process needs the 
permissions)...

cheers,

Garry

On 26 Sep 2001, at 11:59, R. David Murray wrote:

From:           	"R. David Murray" <bitz@bitdance.com>
To:             	Jeff Nielsen / UgoFast <Ugo@speakeasy.net>
Copies to:      	<zope-dev@zope.org>
Subject:        	RE: [Zope-dev] Create directory in LocalFS
Date sent:      	Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:59:32 -0400 (EDT)

> On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Jeff Nielsen / UgoFast wrote:
> > I don't think I'm understanding you. I want to create the
> > subdirectory programmitcally inside a DTML Document. Are you
> > suggesting something like:
> >
> > <dtml-call
> > "/images/Companies/100/manage_addProduct/OFSP/folderAdd(187)">
> 
> OFSP is Zope's Object File System Product.  So no, you wouldn't be
> using one of its methods to create a subfolder in a LocalFS folder.
> 
> What Dieter was asking/suggesting, is that you look at LocalFS's
> management system.  *If* it has a way of creating a subdirectory
> inside a LocalFS folder, then you could just take a peak at how it
> does it, to find out how to code it yourself in your own product.  If,
> however, LocalFS does *not* have a way of creating a subdirectory
> through its management interface, then you'll probably need to write
> an external method that uses python file system library functions to
> create the subdirectory.  I've never looked at LocalFS, so I don't
> know if that would be enough, or if you'd also have to call some
> LocalFS routines to let it know that the subdirectory now exists.
> 
> --RDM
> 
> 
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